Ministers to agree work permit system for asylum seekers
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Ministers are set to agree that asylum seekers who spend more than nine months waiting for a decision on their international protection application will gain the right to work, The Irish Times reports.
Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will bring a memo to Cabinet next week, proposing renewable six-month work permits for asylum seekers.
There will be restrictions on working in some areas of the economy.
The policy shift follows a landmark Supreme Court ruling in May which found that the absolute prohibition on employment set out in section 9(4) of the Refugee Act 1996 was unconstitutional.
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